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The Relationship Between Kiritsu-Meijin-Derived Autonomic Function Parameters and Visual-Field Defects in Eyes with Open-Angle Glaucoma.
- Source :
- Current Eye Research; Nov2023, Vol. 48 Issue 11, p1006-1013, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between autonomic parameters measured using the Kiritsu-Meijin device and visual-field defects in patients with open-angle glaucoma. A total of 79 eyes of 42 patients with open-angle glaucoma were enrolled in this study. Kiritsu-Meijin testing comprised three phases: sitting, standing, and sitting again (2 min, 2 min, and 1 min, respectively). Continuous electrocardiograms were recorded for five minutes. Autonomic parameters were extracted from the resulting data and analyzed, including activity, balance, reaction, switchover, and recovery; these are five representative parameters derived from Kiritsu-Meijin testing. Correlations between these parameters and mean deviation from Humphrey visual field testing were determined. Additionally, we used a linear mixed-effects model to observe sectoral differences in the relationship between total deviation and the Kiritsu-Meijin parameters. In this study, we focused on superior, central, and inferior total deviations. Significant positive correlations were observed between activity, balance, and recovery and mean deviation values (β = 0.29–0.38, p <.05). The β value between activity and inferior total deviation was higher than that between activity and superior total deviation (β = 0.22, p <.05). Balance did not show any sectoral differences (p >.05). Recovery was more strongly associated with central to inferior total deviation than superior total deviation (β = 0.17–0.25, p <.05). Our findings suggest that in patients with open-angle glaucoma, lower activity and recovery are associated with more severe central and/or inferior visual field defects in the superior quadrant. These results imply that measurements of autonomic function made with the Kiritsu-Meijin device may have clinical utility in the management of glaucoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PERIMETRY
OPEN-angle glaucoma
SCOTOMA
VISUAL fields
AUTONOMIC nervous system
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02713683
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Current Eye Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173116750
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2023.2234105